India, June 2 -- Scheme Helps Small Traders Expand Businesses, Improve Incomes and Achieve Self-Reliance

The PM SVANidhi scheme has completed six years of empowering street vendors and small traders across India through affordable credit and financial inclusion. Beneficiaries say the initiative has helped them expand businesses, increase incomes and move closer to achieving self-reliance under the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

The Prime Minister Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme has completed six years, emerging as a key initiative for the economic empowerment of street vendors and small traders across India.

Among its beneficiaries are Babita from Ghaziabad and Vishnu Shankar Bhardwaj from Sarnath, Varanasi, who ...